Newstream.com Digest: Child Product Safety, HP Boosts Java Developer Productivity, First U.S. Internet-Based Alzheimer's Support Network and Other Free Multimedia for Journalists.Business/Feature Editors & Medical/High-Tech/Automotive WritersNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001 COMING SOON! We'll be changing this daily digest to include ONLY the new stories published in the areas you've told us are of interest to you. We encourage you to make certain you've checked off all the areas that interest you. To do this, go to www.newstream.com, hit the "edit profile" button in the upper-right hand corner, and scroll down to the "I am interested in the following channels" section to review your selections and/or make modifications. Now here are today's newest stories: -------------------------------------------------- Child Product Safety Many parents worry that the products they buy might potentially harm their young children. It's always a good idea to be vigilant about what products have been recalled, but even well-made products, over time, can break and pose injury risks. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3122 -------------------------------------------------- HP Boosts Java Developer Productivity with HP Netaction Solutions and Alliance with Hitachi Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ) today announced the availability of two offerings within the HP Netaction software family to support the Java(R) developer community, as well as an alliance with Hitachi ULSI (Ultra Large Scale Integration) More than one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and VLSI. Systems Co. Ltd. to offer developers of mobile products an integrated hardware-software environment. HP also announced its sponsorship of a popular mobile developer Web site, anywhereyougo.com. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3072 -------------------------------------------------- HEALTHvision Announces First U.S. Internet-Based Alzheimer's Support Network The first nationally accessible Internet-based support network for families coping with Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. has completed testing and is ready for a roll-out. Enabled by HEALTHvision, a leading healthcare Internet company, the Alzheimer's Caregivers Internet Support System (ACISS ACISS Advisory Committee on the International Space Station ACISS All Canadian Inspection & Safety Services (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) ACISS Alliance for Competitive International Satellite Services ) is a comprehensive "one-stop shopping" service designed to support the medical, social and psychological needs of family caregivers of the estimated four million people in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. with the disease. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3125 -------------------------------------------------- Casino Player Magazine Awards Foxwoods Top Honors The readers of Casino Player magazine love Foxwoods and it shows. In the magazine's "Best of Gaming" issue next month, it identifies nearly four dozen areas where Foxwoods excels beyond all others in its class. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3141 -------------------------------------------------- Cadence PSpice Advanced Analysis Brings High-End Design Capability to the Analog Engineer Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc. (NYSE:CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ), the world's leading supplier of electronic design products and services, announced the PSpice(R) Advanced Analysis solution that uniquely enables analog/mixed-signal circuit engineers to employ sophisticated design methodologies on the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and 2000 platforms. The most comprehensive analysis solution to address the mainstream printed circuit board (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. ) design market, the new product allows users to optimize performance and improve quality of designs before committing them to hardware. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3121 -------------------------------------------------- NextPage Launches Peer-to-Peer Platform on Sun Solaris(tm) Operating Environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. NextPage Inc., the leader in Peer-to-Peer Content Networking solutions, on June 4 announced its peer-to-peer platform now runs on the Sun Solaris(tm) Operating Environment (Solaris OE). Through this integration, NextPage will capitalize on the high penetration of the Solaris OE as the preferred UNIX-based operating system in the enterprise and accelerate the adoption of its technology by existing UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). users. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3137 -------------------------------------------------- Mitsubishi Electric's New ANGLEVIEW(R) FFD FFD film-focal distance. (tm) Technology Improves Image Quality While Reducing Development Costs The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. introduced a new fast response 15-inch thin film transistor (TFT (Thin Film Transistor) The term typically refers to active matrix screens on laptop computers. Active matrix LCD provides a sharper screen display and broader viewing angle than does passive matrix. See LCD and thin film. TFT - Thin Film transistor ) liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. (LCD) module, with its new Feed Forward Driving(tm) (FFD(tm)) technology being the centerpiece of the panel. The ANGLEVIEW(R) display, designed in conventional twisted nematic (TN) mode, offers faster display response time, high brightness, high color saturation and a wide viewing angle, making a breakthrough in the clarity of motion video and scrolling text. The new panel is ideal for multimedia and LCD television applications. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3139 -------------------------------------------------- Mitsubishi Electric's Latest ANGLEVIEW(R) Displays Establish New Performance Standard for Industrial Applications Targeting the medical, industrial and instrumentation markets, the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA Inc., introduced two new ANGLEVIEW(R) thin film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) modules with significantly improved features. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3136 -------------------------------------------------- New Forecasts from RHK RHK Ratahallintokeskus (Finnish: Finnish Rail Administration) RHK Ryan Hankin Kent (RHK, Inc. marketing consulting firm) RHK Rigshospitalets Kollegium (Copenhagen, Denmark dorm) Predict the Terrestrial DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing Optical Components Market will Decline 11% in 2001 New forecast data released by telecom market research firm RHK Inc. shows the worldwide market for optical components used in terrestrial dense wavelength division multiplexing See WDM. (DWDM) and optical networking applications will decline 11% in 2001 from spending levels recorded in 2000. The decline is a result of excess inventory, a slowdown in network build-outs, and reduced spending by telecommunications carriers worldwide. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3134 -------------------------------------------------- RHK Releases Updated Forecast Study: North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Optical Transport Equipment Market to Grow at Only 10% in 2001 New forecast figures from telecom market research firm RHK Inc. show growth in the overall North American optical transport market will slow to 10% in 2001. This compares to a 1999-2000 growth rate of 67% and a previous RHK forecast of 37% for 2001. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3135 -------------------------------------------------- Ultimate Car Lover Passes Half Way Point in Quest to Live in His Car for 75,000 Minutes to Win $75,000 Sam Walters has been living in his car for more than 26 days (nearly 40,000 minutes) and he's just passing the halfway point as he pushes himself -- and his car -- to the limits to prove he's the country's most crazed car lover. Walters is living in his 1991 Acura Integra for 75,000 minutes (52 days, two hours) as he tries to complete the MaxLife Car Lover's Challenge for $75,000. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3124 -------------------------------------------------- SoloTrek(tm) XFV XFV Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle XFV Brantford, Ontario, Canada - Brantford / via Rail Service (Airport Code) (tm) Achieves Lift-Off Power and Thrust Millennium Jet Inc., a Silicon Valley aerospace company, announces it has achieved an important milestone while testing its paradigm-shifting new product, SoloTrek(tm) XFV(tm). The full-scale SoloTrek proof-of-concept prototype aircraft produced over 100 percent take-off power and thrust for the first time in its development program, thereby validating earlier predicted performance. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3127 -------------------------------------------------- AMCC's Mekong IC Enables End-to-End OC-192 System Solutions for Next-Generation Intelligent Optical Network Equipment Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) ) (Nasdaq:AMCC) announced the availability of the Mekong (S19204), the industry's first highly integrated OC-192 SONET/SDH framing and pointer processor device with on-chip features critical for next generation optical networking equipment. Mekong is a multi-feature integrated circuit enabling customers to collapse multiple functions down to one chip, including aggregation, pointer processing and grooming functions. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3131 -------------------------------------------------- AMCC Develops Zambezi, Offering STS (Synchronous Transport Signal) The electrical equivalent of the SONET optical signal. In SDH, the European counterpart of SONET, STS is known as STM (Synchronous Transport Module). Cross-Connect Solution for Line Card Operations Up To 40GB/S GB/S Gigabits per second GB/s Gigabyte per Second Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (Nasdaq:AMCC) announced Zambezi (S8710), an STS-1 cross-connect grooming fabric designed for line card use. Targeted for add/drop MUX (MUltipleXor) See multiplexor. mux - multiplexing systems, digital cross-connects and multi-service switches, this device is optimized to enable 10Gb/s, 20Gb/s, and 40Gb/s line cards to be built with an integrated first and last, or Nth, stage grooming fabric. This solution is capable of switching from the STS-1 level up to and including STS-768c traffic, including arbitrarily concatenated traffic. Zambezi's single-stage, non-blocking, switch architecture, easily enables broadcast and multicast configurations. In addition, the device offers an industry-leading low power dissipation of 8W (typical). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3129 -------------------------------------------------- AMCC Delivers 10 GBPS See GB/sec. gbps - gigabits per second Digital Wrapper Backplane Serializer/Deserializer For SONET/SDH Transport and Very Short Reach OC-192 Applications Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (Nasdaq:AMCC) announced the Verrazano (S2509), the industry's first 10 Gbps Digital Wrapper serializer/deserializer (SERDES See serializer/deserializer. ) supporting SONET/SDH transport and Very Short Reach (VSR VSR Very Short Reach (Ciena/Cisco design for high speed, 10Gbps data) VSR Variable Speed Reversible VSR Very Short Reach (optical interconnection; Sprint) VSR Volume Search Radar ) OC-192 and OC-48 transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. applications utilizing four 2.488-2.67 Gbps links. The Verrazano facilitates the development of SONET/SDH compliant serial backplanes, saving system developers up to 25% of a system's total bandwidth that would otherwise be lost with 8B/10B encoding schemes. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3130 -------------------------------------------------- BP Amoco Introduces New Optical-Quality Udel Polysulfone BP Amoco Polymers has developed a new grade of optical-quality Udel(R) polysulfone designed to deliver improved performance in fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber applications. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3123 -------------------------------------------------- Kenetec Announces EdgeXpert(tm) Service Planning Suite Designed to Save Providers Money By Planning Network Service Access Requirements Before Deployment With EdgeXpert, providers can generate the accurate, detailed information they need to assess the economic impact of a project and network requirements prior to investing significant financial or manpower resources. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3113 -------------------------------------------------- Lord, Bissell & Brook Names New Managing Partner The international law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook has elected Daniel I. Schlessinger, 46, as its new managing partner. He has also been appointed chairman of the firm's Executive Committee. He begins his duties June 1. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3132 -------------------------------------------------- Boeing Satellite Systems Promotes Alexis Livanos to Executive Vice President Post Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS See 802.11. BSS - Block Started by Symbol ), the world's leading satellite manufacturer, has named satellite industry leader Dr. Alexis Livanos as executive vice president and second-in-command, reporting directly to BSS President Randy Brinkley. BSS is a unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3126 -------------------------------------------------- Rudolph Technologies Appoints Nathan Little as Vice President of Operations Little will be an officer of the company and will be a member of the senior executive staff reporting directly to Paul F. McLaughlin, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?3140 -------------------------------------------------- ABOUT NEWSTREAM.COM: Newstream.com is a joint venture of Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) and Medialink (www.medialink.com) Newstream.com, staffed by on-line news veterans, is dedicated to providing registered journalists with compelling and timely multimedia content: video, audio, photos, graphics and text from newsmakers in the fields of Technology, Science, Health & Medicine, Business & Finance, Entertainment, Consumer News, Sports, Lifestyles, Travel & Tourism and World and Government News. |
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